Head of Data Management Jobs

Head of Data Management
UK

The median Head of Data Management salary in the UK is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 688 896 962
Rank change year-on-year +208 +66 +277
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Data Management 23 14 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.014% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.014% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 2
10th Percentile - - £76,000
25th Percentile £107,500 £46,808 £79,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £65,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -27.78% +15.92%
75th Percentile £160,000 £127,500 £101,875
90th Percentile - - £106,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £95,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - +22.58% +18.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Head of Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of Data Management in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Data Management in the UK

Head of Data Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Data Management.

Salary trend for Head of Data Management in the UK

Head of Data Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Data Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Data Management in the UK

Head of Data Management
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Data Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +166 21 £130,000 +100.00% 6
London +128 21 £130,000 +100.00% 2
Work from Home +136 16 £130,000 +36.84% 5
UK excluding London +195 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -

Head of Data Management Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Head of Data Management job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Head of Data Management in the job title.

1 22 (95.65%) Data Management
1 22 (95.65%) Regulatory Compliance
2 20 (86.96%) Finance
3 17 (73.91%) Front Office
3 17 (73.91%) Data Governance
3 17 (73.91%) Hedge funds
4 16 (69.57%) Data Lake
4 16 (69.57%) Roadmaps
4 16 (69.57%) Fixed Income
4 16 (69.57%) Equities
4 16 (69.57%) Agile
4 16 (69.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 16 (69.57%) Migration
4 16 (69.57%) Derivative
4 16 (69.57%) Investment Management
5 6 (26.09%) Data Quality
6 4 (17.39%) Analytics
6 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
6 4 (17.39%) Data Strategy
6 4 (17.39%) Data Architecture
7 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.04%) Objectives and Key Results
7 3 (13.04%) Data Transformation
8 2 (8.70%) Data Reconciliation
8 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
8 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
8 2 (8.70%) Strategic Thinking
8 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving

Head of Data Management Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) AWS
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (4.35%) Collibra
1 1 (4.35%) GCP
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (69.57%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.35%) Big Data
2 1 (4.35%) Metadata
General
1 20 (86.96%) Finance
2 17 (73.91%) Front Office
3 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 17 (73.91%) Hedge funds
2 16 (69.57%) Derivative
2 16 (69.57%) Equities
2 16 (69.57%) Fixed Income
2 16 (69.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.35%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (95.65%) Data Management
1 22 (95.65%) Regulatory Compliance
2 17 (73.91%) Data Governance
3 16 (69.57%) Agile
3 16 (69.57%) Investment Management
3 16 (69.57%) Migration
3 16 (69.57%) Roadmaps
4 4 (17.39%) Analytics
4 4 (17.39%) Data Architecture
4 4 (17.39%) Data Strategy
5 3 (13.04%) Data Transformation
5 3 (13.04%) Objectives and Key Results
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.70%) Biotechnology
6 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (8.70%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (8.70%) Data Collection
6 2 (8.70%) Project Management
6 2 (8.70%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (8.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Python
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.70%) Good Clinical Practice
3 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.35%) GDPR
3 1 (4.35%) MiFID
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Informatica
1 1 (4.35%) SAP